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A persistent cough can be embarrassing, especially if people think you have COVID.This post was originally published on this site

It’s not exactly news that junk food isn’t healthy.This post was originally published on this site

The Lancet has released its second global commission report on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Adolescents are defined as 10- to 24-year-olds. The report builds on the first one, done in 2016.This post was originally published […]

As winter settles over Australia, it’s not just the drop in temperature we notice—there’s also a sharp rise in respiratory illnesses. Most of us are familiar with the usual winter players such as COVID, influenza […]

Mold in houses is unsightly and may cause unpleasant odors. More important though, mold has been linked to a range of health effects—especially triggering asthma.This post was originally published on this site

In 1821, French physician René Laennec wrote, “A spitting pot I consider as an essential part of the bedroom apparatus.” Laennec, who invented the stethoscope, spent his days gazing at his patients’ phlegm. In the […]

A first-of-its-kind study by La Trobe University has shown the critical contribution surfers make to beach safety in Victoria.This post was originally published on this site

No longer just pet videos and pranks, short-form videos are utilized more and more to share health information. Doctors and researchers are taking to social media networks themselves to encourage regular screenings for disease.This post […]

New guidelines to regulate Australia’s booming cosmetic procedures industry have been called “tough” and “a crackdown” in media reports this week.This post was originally published on this site

Jarno Turunen, senior specialist at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and M.Sc. (Econ), has investigated the effects of shift work characteristics on the sickness absence of shift workers in his doctoral dissertation at the […]